How do I get to see an image properties

[MikeK36]

 How do I get to see an image properties (size/dimensions) when working in AD?

Also, is there a way to edit (resample) the image directly in AP?

I now there is a "edit in photo" option, but that opens the entire document I'm working on.

Many thanks.

[PixelPest]

Size and dimensions are displayed in the Transform panel.

To get a new image size I often resize via select-tool - copy - and go File->New from Clipboard.

 

Cheers

[walt.farrell]

1 hour ago, MikeK36 said:

How do I get to see an image properties (size/dimensions) when working in AD?

Also, is there a way to edit (resample) the image directly in AP?

I now there is a "edit in photo" option, but that opens the entire document I'm working on.

Are you talking about an image that you've Placed into your Designer document as a separate layer, and showing as an (Image) layer in the Layers panel?

If so, with the Move Tool you can select the image, and the Context Toolbar will show you the image's pixel dimensions and current DPI within the document. The Transform panel will show you the images current physical size within the document.

I'm not sure what you mean by "edit (resample) the image", in this context. You can rasterize the image by right-clicking on its layer in the Layers panel and choosing Rasterize. But no, you can't edit that embedded image file by itself. As you've noted, Edit in Photo will transfer the entire document.

If you were doing this in Publisher rather than Designer, you could choose to Link the image rather than Embedding it, and in that case you would be able to edit it separately. But with Designer you'll need to perform the editing in Photo and re-embed the image by using the Replace Image button on the Context Toolbar.

[MikeK36]

Many thanks Walt,

I was looking at the transform panel... OK now I see it.

So say I place an image in a new layer (as always happens)  - I then "resize" it to fill a particular space in my layout. But for example, after resizing it, it now shows as 600dpi - which is far bigger than what I need for print - I want to "resize/resample" it to 300dpi - so I guess I have to go to the original file on my hard drive and edit in some other software where I can stipulate the dpi ?

[walt.farrell]

2 hours ago, MikeK36 said:

So say I place an image in a new layer (as always happens)  - I then "resize" it to fill a particular space in my layout. But for example, after resizing it, it now shows as 600dpi - which is far bigger than what I need for print - I want to "resize/resample" it to 300dpi - so I guess I have to go to the original file on my hard drive and edit in some other software where I can stipulate the dpi ?

I probably wouldn't worry about that.

However, if you just right-click on the (Image) layer in the Layers panel and choose Rasterize, and it will be resampled to become a (Pixel) layer with the DPI you specified for your document.

[MikeK36]

Thanks for the reply